Organization

Conductor

Composer (+2)

Martyn Brabbins

Mezzo-soprano (+6)

Christine Rice

Elizabeth I

Tenor (+5)

Robert Murray

Earl of Essex

Mezzo-soprano (+3)

Paula Murrihy

Countess of Essex

Baritone (+2)

Duncan Rock

Lord Montjoy

Baritone (+5)

Charles Rice

Cecil

Bass (+2)

David Soar

Raleigh

Baritone (+4)

Alex Otterburn

Henry Cuffe

Soprano (+3)

Alexandra Oomens

Lady-in-waiting

Mezzo-soprano (+2)

Claire Barnett-Jones

A Housewife

Bass-baritone (+4)

Willard White

Blind Ballad Singer

Stage director

Stage director (+1)

Ruth Knight

Lighting designer

Lighting designer (+1)

Ian Jackson-French

Soprano (+1)

Eleanor Dennis

Lady Rich

Tenor (+1)

Nkululeko Masuku

Spirit of the Masque

English National Opera

Chorus

ENO Chorus

Orchestra

ENO Orchestra

London Coliseum

In celebration of Queen Elizabeth II’s Platinum Jubilee, we present a rarely performed gem from Benjamin Britten’s pool of works: Gloriana.

First composed for the Coronation of our current monarch, Gloriana is presented as a concert performance, featuring the ENO Chorus and Orchestra under the baton of ENO Music Director Martyn Brabbins, and featuring a bevy of ENO favourites, such as Charles Rice, Sophie Bevan, Alexandra Oomens and Alex Otterburn.

Set in the later years of Queen Elizabeth I’s (Christine Rice) reign, Gloriana focuses on the relationship between the monarch and the Earl of Essex, Robert Devereux (Robert Murray). At first friends and confidantes, the Earl and Queen later become at odds with a series of unfortunate circumstances, including an attempted coup.

Depicting a Queen at her strongest, yet perhaps at her most human, Gloriana serves a celebration of Queen Elizabeth II’s Platinum Jubilee.

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